Tony Birch becomes first indigenous writer to win Patrick Award

By Jason Steger
Updated November 27 2017 - 9:48am, first published November 15 2017 - 10:31pm

When Tony Birch talks about the honour of being named the winner of this year's Patrick White Literary Award, he doesn't immediately dwell on the Australian Nobel laureate's novels.

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